Baker Mayfield’s support in Browns locker room ‘poisoned’ after Odell Beckham Jr.’s release

It looks like Baker Mayfield lost a lot of Cleveland Browns’ locker room support after popular teammate Odell Beckham, Jr. was cut from the team during last season.

Beckham, Jr.’s tenure with the Browns did not at all deliver on the promise after the franchise gave up and first- and a third-round pick in 2019 for the former New York Giants wide receiver. He never played a full season over his first three years with the team and his numbers were well below what he did during his Pro Bowl seasons with the Giants.

However, some put some of the blame for Beckham, Jr. not having better seasons in Cleveland on the team’s starting quarterback during that time, Baker Mayfield. The situation between the pass catcher and team only soured more when his father publicly spoke out about his frustrations with what he felt was a lack of opportunities for his son.

Not long after, Beckham, Jr. was released from the team, he signed with the Los Angeles Rams and helped them reach and win Super Bowl LVI. Certainly, a serious shoulder injury that Mayfield kept hidden from the press affected his play, but things were already going in the wrong direction between Beckham, Jr. and the Cleveland Browns before then.

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